“It’s you, and the bike and the trail,” Troy Kasper said. A mountain biking race involves navigating through a mountain course on a sometimes narrow, windy trail, negotiating roots and rocks and hills and the elements — all while trying to finish the fastest.

“Barefoot in the Park” is about young people in love with being in love and living in New York and discovering the marriage is more than just love.

The Neil Simon play has delighted audiences since its 1963 premiere with snappy dialogue, the tension about young marrieds discovering that each isn’t quite the person they exchanged vows with and aging mothers discovering there’s still the possibility of another fling. And ouzo, a Greek drink so strong you can’t make a fist for three days.

Did you watch the Academy Awards last week? After the ceremony, actors, producers, directors, celebrities and others gathered for after-parties in clubs and hotels all around Hollywood.

A Woodinville mother and entrepreneur was in attendance at one of them.

Sue Lunquist’s socks, called AwesomeSoxx, were in the gift bags at the Latino Film Industry’s Oscars after-party. Lundquist sells socks that have affirmations on them, such as “I am powerful” and “I am enough.” She just launched the product a year ago.

On Saturday, hundreds of people gathered at McCorry’s in Woodinville to remember the life of Hal Larsen. Most celebrations of life aren’t held in bars — with pool balls clacking and music playing. But then again, Larsen wasn’t like most people.

Most people probably know Larsen as the man in charge of McCorry’s on the Slough, the bar and restaurant in Woodinville he owned with his wife Judy for 33 years. Or maybe you’ve seen his trike around town — it’s the one with the whiskey barrel for back seats. Or maybe you know him from the Woodinville Parks and Recreation Commission, on which he served for six years.